The Board has granted service connection for a left knee condition as secondary to the service-connected left ankle disability. The veteran's degenerative arthritis of the left ankle is also found to be related to his service-connected left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the finding that the veteran's left knee pathology, including degenerative changes, is likely due to his service-connected left ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative changes, degenerative arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0503855
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
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